wp-includes/category-template.php:1288Retrieves the terms of the taxonomy that are attached to the post.
$postint|WP_Post$taxonomystringWP_Term[]|false|WP_ErrorOne hook fires while get_the_terms() runs, in this order:
Filters the list of terms attached to the given post.
function get_the_terms( $post, $taxonomy ) { $post = get_post( $post ); if ( ! $post ) { return false; } $terms = get_object_term_cache( $post->ID, $taxonomy ); if ( false === $terms ) { $terms = wp_get_object_terms( $post->ID, $taxonomy ); if ( ! is_wp_error( $terms ) ) { $term_ids = wp_list_pluck( $terms, 'term_id' ); wp_cache_add( $post->ID, $term_ids, $taxonomy . '_relationships' ); } } /** * Filters the list of terms attached to the given post. * * @since 3.1.0 * * @param WP_Term[]|WP_Error $terms Array of attached terms, or WP_Error on failure. * @param int $post_id Post ID. * @param string $taxonomy Name of the taxonomy. */ $terms = apply_filters( 'get_the_terms', $terms, $post->ID, $taxonomy ); if ( empty( $terms ) ) { return false; } return $terms;}Introduced in 2.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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